The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-18 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SEBNICES.—Daring the storms of the past 7 rear the boats of the National Lifeboat Institution saved 4 17 f 'emus from different wrecks on our coasts. The Instit has also expended X 13,819 3s. 2d. in the same period cm 1 .feboat establishments, in addition to granting 11,M 6s. Ocl . as rewards for saving 714 shipwrecked persons by its iitetH)a P,s, and arils for The Committee ct ti to Institution earnestly AP PEAL to the public for ASSIST'A Nk.,E to 'enable them to meet the con tinued heavy dema n( is on the Institution's 125 RI eblat estab lishments. Contri bi ttions are received by all the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, at the Institution, II John-street, Adelphi. THE MODEI LN AUGUSTUS, or The Lie of a Lifetime,' in FUN This Week.—One Penny. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, ( IOVENT-GARDEN. Under the Mar ta.9,•ement of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING' , to commence with (13th time) an en tirely new Operetta L, entitled FANCHETTE. Miss Louisa ryne and Mr. W. I la,rri3on, After which, a GI :Tand Christmas Pantomime, on a scale of unprecedented mas :nlfioe,aee, Entitled HARLEQUIN G FORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors open at: half—past Six—Commeuce at Seven. T HEAT RE ROYAL DRUR Y - L A N E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and V. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Performances will commence with the New Serio-Comic Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled BIGHT AND MOR lg. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, supported by Messrs. Ryder, Raynor, Ft; zjames, and Misses B. Le deroq, .At 'zinsoil, and Heath. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SINBAD TI 3 E SAILOR ; or, The Seven Wonders of, the World. Clow.uo, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri ; Harlequins, Messrs. J. , Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons, Messrs. W. A. Barnes and J. Morris ; Columbines, Madame Bolen() and Misses Gu anise. Prices as usual. Bo a Office open from 10 till 5 daily. triIEATRE " ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, fessre. Edmund Falconer and F, B. Chatterton. A GRAND MORI SING PERFORMANCE of the Panto mime NEXT WED.! IESDAY, ac Two o'clock, when the Buys of the Duke of York 's School with their Band will attend. The Free List el etlrely suspEnthd, the public press ex cepted. NIGHT AND MORN. Messrs. THIS Ryder, Phelps, Ryder, Raynor, Fitzjames ; Miss R. Leclercq, Miss Atkinson, an d Miss Heath. After which, the Grand Comic Christmas PANTO MIME, written by E. L. Blanchard, Esq.. entitled and founded on the popular Oriental story of SINDBAD THE SAILOR. The gorgeously beautiful character of the decora tions, inclusive of more than the usual amount of scenical surprises and transformation wonders, are ensured by the fact of their being entirely designed and for the most part executed by the celebrated artist, William Beverley, whose eminent services have been retained this Christmas exclu sively for the Theatre Royal Drury-Lane. The general action f the Pantomime, arranged by, and the whole pro duced under the direction of, Dlr. Robert Roxby. Principal characters in the opening by :Messrs. Tom Matthews, J. Ne- Fitzjames, Meagreson, G. Weston, and Master Percy Roselle ; Misses Lizzie iti ilt nore, Rose Leclercq, E. Weston, Coventry, and Cicely Nott. The Harlequinade will include the services of those pop , liar Pantomimiets (forming a double company). Harry Bo l.eno and Mr. C. Lau-1, Clowns ; Mr. W. A. Barnes and YET. J. Morris, Pantaloons; Mr. Cormack and Mr. S. Saville, Harlequins ; Madame Boleno and Misses Gunnies, Columbines. The masks, devices, and dresses, fror a designs by the humorously re r owned Dykwynkyn. Tie a music selected and arranged by Mr. J. Barnard. The dig aces and action of the Ballet ar ranged by Mr. Cormack. Comic scenes, tricks, &c., invented by Messrs. H. Boleno and Cormack. Box Office open daily from 10 till 5 o'clock. The massive and beautiful decorations of the amphitheatre, proscenium, and ceiling, designed and completed under the direction of Marsh Nel son, Esq., in that gorgeous style of ornamentation known a s characteristic of the Louis Quatorze period. and which elicited so much praise from the press and the public last year, ha ring been thoroughly cleansed, make the aspect of the ho use before the curtain (which, when lighted up, i. admitted to be the most beautiful in Europe), an object of admiration which in itself is worth a visit. Doors open at Half -past Six. Performances commence at Seven, and terminate every evening at Eleven o'clock. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the S ole Management of Ur. Fechter. XI; BEL DEMONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated tvery Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a New and Original, Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD ; Tiessrs. H. Widdic o mbe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Moreland; Misses. Percy, Pauline Leclerc% Wood. Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lave•au. fitter which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Wary, in Twelve Tableau.x, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chmuiclet," by :Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac . et Ly Mr. Pechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, litgoughsm, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Csellett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenu, Airs. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and at the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to ~Iceive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL HAY NIARKET.— Sole Lessee aad Manager, Mr, Buckseone. TELLS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. Sothern, Buckatone, oChippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cullentord, ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, Hill, &c . . 'Atte; which, KING ARTHUR; or The Days and Knights of the Round Table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Braid, Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. R OYAL RIN CE SS'S THEATRE.- Sole Le see and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. After which, It A.RLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TITCREIt ; Or The Fine L:ie,y of Banbury Cross, and the old Woman who Lived in a S.b oe and Had so Many Children she didn't snow what to do, EW '7.IEATRE-R0 YAL, AD EL PllL— tiole Pit prioator and Manager, Mr. a Webster. THIS EVENING. THE MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING 'WELL Mr. J. L. Toole, At to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling. R. Phillips, Bil ington, Stu art, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billinp;ton. To eonclnde with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Portant° and his Se gen :Magi: Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, It. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEA H.-EVERY MISS BATEMAN. NIGHT. 11{ ISS BA rEMN.—LEAH.—Tnis EVENING , .A. the 93d appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN, in the character of L EAU. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the prit:cipal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended, Mr Virebstei• begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice, • R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. GREAT ATTRACTION.—First Week of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES MA THEWS.—Mr. J. L. Toole as Mrs. Brown, Mr. Phely,s, Mr. Fechter, and Lady Audley every evening. 1853; or. the Sensationi of the Past Season, until further notice. lanon; the artistes who will appear here are Mr. Benjamin, Webster, Mr. J. L. Toile, Mr. Paul Bedford, and. Mr. Cha ties Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling. Mrs. Frank Mat thews,3 liss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, Miss Fanny Josephs, and Mr:s, Charles MatTaews. • - THIS EVENING. and during the Week, at 7, THE ADVE.STITHES OF A LOVE LETTER; COOL AS A CITCUATBER ; and 1863; or, THE SENSATIONS OF TIIK - PAST SEASON. I A rehearsal, a new Comedy, by Leicester Buckingham. E eq. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENLNG, ORANGE BLOSSOMS : Miss K. Carson. Atter which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE • Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, esdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &O. Followed by MARGATE SANDS. To conclude with TURN hIIM OUT. Commence at 7. 11HE THIRD EDITION OF THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, had Every Evening of G. R. GLMNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIS DAV.—Moryring, 9h. 13m.—Afternoon, 9a. 52m, 10-monatow.-Mornin , ,T, 10h. 31m.—Afternoon, 11h. 10m, -- - - The Weather—Sun Office, Jan. 18, 1864. THERMOMETER.. This day at Tw o o ' clock 43 ............ Barometer -30.02. ; moderate, and cloudy. ;g'rk,,k t „: 4 LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 18, 1864. The first blast has just now been sounded on the war trumpet! It is yet ringing freshly upon our hearing. Its dissonance is audible simultaneously from Berlin and Vienna. Fur, the responsibility of giving this dismal signal of the renewal of hostili• ties among the nations of Europe, would seem to be shared equally'between the two great leading Powers of Germany. It is to the organ of Lord PALMERSTON, and not to the organ of the Govern ment of Lord PALMERSTON collectively, that we are indebted for the distinct intimation of this revival of war—or all-bat-certain revival of war upon the Continent. While ti Times re mains altogether silent upon the subject, the Morning Post formally announces the presentation of an ultimatum to the Danish Government by the diplomatic representatives of Austria and Prussia at the Court of Copenhagen. A distinct and posi tive declaration to that effect, it was hardly to be conceived could be put forth by the known organ of the Prime Minister without the most complete and absolute authorisation. At any time, under any conjuncture of circumstances, it could not possibly be that we should think otherwise, When, there- fore, so immediately before the re-assembling of Parliament, the announcement referred to as con tained in the leading columns of the Morning Post of this morning, made its appearance, not as the hint of a rumour, but as the intimation of a fact, ive could not, perforce, but accept the intimation as such, as a fact—and look to the imme diate probabilities accordingly. An ultimatum this was described to have been by our contemporary, requiring the immediate abrogation of the Consti tution of November, and intimating that, in the event of a refusal to comply with their demand, they, the Austrian and Prussian Ambassadors, would at once quit the capital of Copenhagen ; their respective Governments forthwith proceeding, -noreover, to take further measures to obtain the fulfilment of their desires ! (The accuracy of our contemporary's announcement, it may be re marked, has just now been confirmed to us by telegram from Copenhagen.) The decision of the Danish Government in regard to this sufficiently clear ultimatum being required to be given in by the 18th, that is to say, by this present forenoon Absolutely certain it is that the decision given in by the Danish Government, if it must so be delivered, to those two ambassadors before this momentous 18th day of January, 1864, shall have expired, will be a refusal, a distinct and positive refusal to concede. King CHRISTIAN, indeed, in this matter, has no alternative. Hi own individual honour—if possible, still more than the honour of the Crown by which his brows hive so very recently been invested—the per sonal Honour of the KING is pledged to the con servation of the rights of Denmark in this very particular, in this very matter of the Constitution of November. War, therefore, between Denmark and Germany would appear to be inevitable. And though England has barely anything whatever to do with a question so remote as that out of which this disastrous renewal of war emerges—the long - vexed question, having its Gordian knot at Kiel, and the circumference of its tangled skein traceable only by the frontier-line of Schleswig and Holstein —it comes home to us, this question, as a matter of vital import, nevertheless ! If for no other reason, for this, that, while all the disputed rights are glaringly upon the side of the Danes, Englishmen cannot but recognise in the champion of those Danish rights, far more vividly than the royal dignity of King CHRISTIAN, his paternal character as the father of our fair young Princess. Never did a more unanimous welcome attend on any royal birth than has greeted the happy advent of the youthful heir of England. In all places of religious worship, of whatever denomination throughout the land, heartfelt prayers of genuine thanksgiving have arisen to the Giver of all good gifts. It was not left alene to the Archbishop of CANTERBURY to express, by desire of the Council, the nation's gratitude. The Jewish Rabbi at once, in earnest language called upon his people to give thanks to the GOD of Israel. Yesterday, also, in all the Catholic churches and chapels of the metropolis, an eloquent Pastoral from Cardinal WisEmAN, expressed the grateful sentiments of the Catholic population. The Pas toral being dated on the octave of the Epiphany, the Cardinal with that happy promptitude of thought which generally characterises his produc tions, reminded his hearers to pray " that He who, at this season, would receive his birthday offering, however regal, only from the hands of the wise, would infase into the heart of the Royal infant that truest wisdom which SOLOMON preferred before kingdoms and thrones." Equally appropriate to the emotions of the Cardinal is the tender remem brance of the widowed QUEEN. "We feel sure that, while praying for the speedy and complete restoration to health of the Princess mother, that she may be as a fruitful vine on the sides of the Royal house,' you will turn your thoughts and sympathies towards one still more august, who, after her, has here a larger claim than any one else to maternal joys ; and who, after a long period of faithful mourning, may perhaps exclaim, as did Lamsch on the birth of Noe—` This child shall com fort us.' " That such may be the happy result of this Royal birth has been, from the moment it was first announced, the one spontaneous feeling of all the subjects of Queen VICTORIA. The eloquent words in which that sentiment was expressed by Cardinal WISEMAN are only the embodiment of the feelings of a whole nation. There is no social reform of which we stand more in need than the better arrangement of our work houses with regard to oat-doer relief. The reliev ing officer, as he is called by courtesy, is veritably on the principle of lucus non lucendo. What with forms and ceremonies, what with plans and coun ter plans, the precious time is wasted in trifling and the valuable moments squandered in contention while life and death are trembling in the balance, and the objects for whom all these places are con structed, these officials paid, and the public money expended, perish miserably from want, and their deaths are a lasting disgrace to the system adopted, and a scandal to the community where they draw their last breath, and often expire from sheer want. There was an inquest held on Friday last touching the death of MARY OVERREE, who died from al leged privation. It appeared from the evidence that was given that deceased had endeavoured to support herself by needlework, bat, being ill, had applied for parish relief. This was refused her, unless she came into the workhouse. Having a great dislike to that, she declined, and accordingly was left without assistance. Surely the authorities ought to take up this matter and severely censure, if they do not dismiss, the official who thus wan tonly trifles with human life. Where can be the gain of forcing so many poor people into the house ? Once in they are not likely soon to come oat, and they might very probably in a short time recover themselves sufficiently to go on without being a burden to the parish if only timely aid were afforded to them. "A friend in need is a friend indeed" is a:trite remark, but the same idea is applicable to assis tance given at a fitting season. This poor woman's case is a most cruel one, and it is very much to be regretted that the jury did not administer a sharp rebuke to the officer in their verdict. It was not enough to say that "said death was accele rated by privation," they ought to have pressed the charge home to him through whose perversity and hardheartedness the calamity eneued. She might have died whatever had been done, but that is no excuse for those who rendered her last hours so sad and neglected, and caused the agony of pri vation to be added to the other afflictions that as sailed her. Bethnal-green is a black sheep amidst the other faulty and insufficient provisions for the destitute in London. There are constantly cases coming before the public which testify strongly as to the inefficacy of its arrangements, the fatal blunders of its officials, and the extreme and bitter wretchedness of its suffering poor. Such things should not be tolerated amongst us, and it is high time that a speedy remedy be applied, and a total and fundamental change take place. In a Christian community it is au outrage on the first pri nc i p l es of humanity ,and a direct violation of the Precepts of our great Lawgiver, who has said, " Inasmuch as ye did it unto the least of these My brethren, ye did it unto Me. There is another case recently cited in connection with this place, which imperatively calls for notice, and claims our earnest attention. Mr. CHAFFER, the curate of St. Philip, has written a letter, which furnishes a most distressing proof of the evil system adopted in respect to those who ask for, and stand in imminent need of temporary relief. A poor man who is bedridden sought admission to the workhouse, but was refused unless his wife and child also came in with him. The poor woman can support herself by the work she gets from a shop, and therefore very naturally objects to give up her present independent position, with a certainty of employment, for a state in which she would be de prived of her child, and if she did continue to come out hereafter she would very likely not be able to recover her lost work. Mr. CHAFFER very truly says if " humanity he a feeling unknown to the guardians and relieving officers of Bethnal-green, it would be cheaper to support one pauper than thret in the workhouse." This is eminently deserving of attention, and it is to be hoped that some influential individuals will take up the case, and strike at the roots of a system which thus militates against the vital interests of the community. The subject is connected with all that can attract attention or command respect. It is a dreadful thing to reflect upon that our honest and deserving poor, who wish to support themselves by their own exertions to the utmost of their ability, are to be trampled upon by upstart officials, who seem neither to possess the sense to appreciate the independence of the sufferers, nor to feel any pity for the calamities that have befallen them. It is a mockery to send missionaries to the uttermost ends of the earth, to be for ever devising means to assist the distant nations of the world, and to rest satisfied with laws which allow our own coun trymen to be neglected, insulted, and ill-treated by those appointed by law to assist and protect them. The Ministers, who seem to be in the predicament of doing nothing, because each public question of any moment is hedged in by difficulties, had better turn their attention to matters of less outward im portance,but of great intrinsic consequence. Despise not the da,y of small things may well be said to all legislators and statesmen, who, in the pride of place and plenitude of power, appear to think nothing simple and humble is good or grand enough for them to consider or to take notice of. The poor shall never cease of the land, we have been told on unerring authority, but this divine lesson was not to teach us indifference, still less neglect, of that sad and suffering tribe. Far otherwise, they are a heavy responsibility, a sacred trust, and a solemn charge. For our dealings with them in a social, political, and moral sense, we shall have to render a strict account; and, in the name of Him in whose sight rich and poor are equal, we may call upon all who are able to assist to do so to the utmost of their power, and with all the strength of their will. It will be a good work to have effected, to bring the arrangements and regulations which direct our poor population into a focus whence they may be cor rectly estimated. Let it not be said that the wretched deaths that have lately taken place have been in vain, but let them, the last victims to a cruel code of restrictions, be the exceptions that the past will offer to the new and better rules of a propitious present. There can bo no occasion to wait for other examples to furnish a necessity for the adop tion of a change; it is surely sufficient for it to be proved that, under the existing customs, it is an every-day occurrence for the poor to perish mise rably, and in their squalid cells, dreary garrets, and comfortless abodes, they can hardly call death itself a king of terrors more terrible than the enactments of civilisation, which counsels the authorities to doom them to such lives, and to refuse to dole out any help to them. The inclement season through which we are now passing adds tenfold weight to all arguments that can be adduced on the question ; and if such instances of gross neglect, sheer care lessness, and perverse prejudice cannot impress those who hear of them, it may well be said that no effect would be produced if, instead of their fellow creatures perishing miserably around, one rose from the dead as a warning to their laxity, and a witness against their fatal tardiness and ignorant nfatuation. Last Friday evening the inhabitants of Liver pool and Birkenhead were thrown into a state of the greatest alarm by the explosion of a large quan tity of gunpowder on board a vessel in the river. It was no ordinary shock, and its effects were felt on both sides of the river to the consternation and terror of the populace, and the destruction of an enormous quantity of glass. The facts are as fol lows :—The bark Lottie Sleigh, about 700 tons burden, Captain WEBBER, belonging to Messrs. HATTON and COOKSON, of Liverpool, having cleared out of dock, proceeded to her anchorage in the Mersey, off Monk's Ferry, She was bound for the West Coast of Africa with a general cargo, having also on board 940 qaarter kegs of gunpowder, weighing 1.1.1 , tons,stowed in her after hold-under the captain's cabin. It appears about six o'clock in the evening the steward was trimming a lamp in the cabin, when a can of paraffin which he held in his hand became ignited, and the flaming liquid instantly spread over the floor, setting fire to the curtains, &c., of the captain's sleeping apartment, and the woodwork generally. With such rapidity did the flames spread that all ef f orts to check its progress were unavailing, and the burning stream soon found its way down the grating of the lazaretto, and communicated itself to the cargo in the after hold, and all hopes of saving the ship were given up. The crew, 14 in number, were taken off by the Rock Ferry steamer Wasp, and the ship was abandoned to her fate. The fire rapidly spread; and could be plainly witnessed from the bark Retriever, moored about 200 yards from the burn ing vessel. The fire raged for up wards of an hour, as we are informed, before the explosion took place. The result can be better imagined than described. The concussion of the air was so tremendous that all the lamps throughout the city were extinguished, doors burst open, and glass in every direction shivered; several persons were thrown down by the shock, and much property was damaged by the falling debris, which was thrown on both sides of the river. Fortunately, so far as we can learn, no lives were lost, and before midnight the town had subsided into comparative tranquillity. Such acci dents are, happily, of rare occurrence. Every pre caution is taken in the docks to prevent, as far as practicable, the possibility of fire; and, but for the presence of so large a quantity of powder on board the Lottie Sleigh, the matter would have ended with the destruction of the vessel. It is fortunate that the loss in the present instance was confined to the injury inflicted on property, and that no human lives were sacrificed; but the question arises, whether sufficient efforts were made to extinguish the fire ? It was a matter of secondary importance to save the ship, but the great object was to prevent the certain destruction of an immense amount of property, and the probable loss of many lives. We have every reason to believe that the powder was carefully secured, for the fire seems to have raged unchecked in the afterhold for upwards of an tour i n : c l os e proximity to the magazine before the ex plosion took place, and the ship was passed by steamers long after she was deserted by her crew'. Surely, there Was great precipitancy shown rim SU N, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY IS, MI. leaving the vessel without an attempt to scuttle her. The fact is, that, as soon as the flumes began to spread, a panic seems to have seized them, and all presence of mind was lost. The captain was pro :)ably on shore, but surely some officer must have been in charge of the vessel, besides the pilot, who should have endeavoured to control the crew. As rt there is no information on this point, but it is at least certain that almost immediately the ship took fire she continued to burn for more than an hour afterwards. Again, the Customs and dock authorities must have known of what her cargo consisted, and, we think, that until she left the river some person should have been left in charge of her, with authority to sink her in case of fire, for it is evident that the breadth of the river was no protection to the town from the effects of such a stupendous explosion. And, lastly, what business had the steward to meddle with such a combustible material as paraffin oil by candlelight, and that, too, on a large scale, directly over a slumbering volcano ? If this was not tempting fate, it was something like it. Why should not the cabinlampha veryvebee been trimmed in daylight and on deck, or, at least, somewhere remote from the magazine? While on this subj , 2ct we may remark that most of the accidents which occur with paraffin and other lamps by the ignition of the spirit might be avoided if householders or servants were to trim their lamps in the morning, and not leave the task until the lamp was about to be used. In waiting for further information regarding this explosion, it would be unfair to cast blame upon any one, further than is warranted by the facts at present before us. It is evident that all was confusion on board the Lottie Sleigh from the moment the accident hap pened, which may be, to some extent, excused from the ignorance of the men as to the precautions which were taken to protect the powder from acci dent ; but we consider that the Deck or Customs authorities should have taken measures to prevent the possibility of an explosion in so crowded a river as the Mersey. The matter will, of course, be thoroughly investigated, and we trust this accident may cause steps to be taken to prevent its recurrence, for we cannot shut our eyes to the fact, that there was ample time to scuttle the ill-fated ship before the crew were taken off her by the Wasp. How Long will the American War Last ? TO TIIE EDITOR OF TILE SUN. SIR,—It is an ennobling eight in the opinion of some to see two athletes striving for the mastery—it is a sorry sight in the opinion of all to see them grappling in the mud, gouging, bitting, kicking, scratching, rolling over and over, and trying to tear each other piecemeal. But this is what the struggle between North and South in America is fast coming to. Explosive bullets and General Butler, Greek fire and German mercenaries, exchange of pri soners refused, and war made upon women, military operations carried out in the spirit of Genghis Khan, Tamerlane, and the "Scourge of God," " Secessiondom" to ho made "as desolate as Hell," and a "region as big as Europe" reduced to its original wilderness of swamps and alligators. This is war after the gospel of Mr. Bright's pacific friends, the model democracy under the Dictator of the White House; and war to which we can see no limit and no end. If in the spring the North are able to push on further into the South the war will become universal over half a continent. War here, there,'and everywhere, war to the knife, the torch, the explosive bullet, the shell filled with molten iron and Greek fire—perhaps even war with the poisoned bayonet. War of this sort bids fair to become the normal and natural state of things there, henceforth for ever, and peace the exceptional unlikely state that may never again be realised. In the time of the Roman Em pire, and the first French Empire, Europe was always at war; and the resources for war in America are at least as great as any that ever existed in Europe. Why not a" thirty years' war" in the New World ; chiller is the historian of such a war in the Old? And the worst is that Europe is too far off to interfere to stop it without making bad worse. I read in history that war in the Old World had only been limited by the means of making war ; and if this is to hold good in the Now, the present generation may die in it, and the next be born, grow up, and die in it too, for the causes and elements of antagonism, discord, and confusion are greater than wore ever before concentrated in any one quarrel.—Yours, &c., H Isrot-anus. The New Movement for the Promotion of Murder. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. Stn,—lt is good to point the moral of a lesson while it is fresh in the public memory. Strike while the iron is hot, or it will be too late to make an impression. Anybody who wants to be comfortably provided for for life, at the public charge, can easily realise his modest and moderate desires if he will follow the course which recent facts and the law, in its p r esent state, point out to him. All he has to do is to murder his wife and children, or burn down half a dozen houses, and then go and give himself into custody, and declare ho wants to be hung and got out of the world. Thereupon the whole pack of mono maniacs who sympathise with the murderer and criminals generally, and are ready to swear that every criminal is mad, will rush to the rescue. Two magistrates, members of the " Great Unpaid," and two parish doctors under their in fluence, will be cajoled into signing a certificate that the murderer or incendiary is mad, and he will be delivered over by the secular arm to those monomaniacs, and com fortably taken care of in an asylum for the term of his natu ral life, like that interesting captive George Victor Townley. His food, clothing, and lodging will be the best adapted for health and general comfort. He will have plenty to eat and nothing to do, and all day to do it in ; but lest this should prove tedious, and the interesting captive should be troubled with ennui, there will be plenty of amusing and instructi ve b oo ks to read, diversified with proper exercise and suc h re creations as chess and draft s , an d a variety of other pur suits of a cheerful and exhilarating character, Why the monomanical Byrnpathi ser s with the murde r e r s hould evince such a st range fascination about him is perfectly inexplicable. If Townley were really m ad everybody h principle thato is sane knows one could understand it on the" a fellow feel ing makes us kind." But p er fectly well that Townley ne ither is nor was ma d at all. Besides, there is Wright, and nobody ever eve n p retended that he was mad. Sir, this is not only a ridi culous, but a w most heinous and attroctou s state of things. It is not only impunity, but s o lid substantial reward that is held out for most horrible and appalling forms of murder and crime. This state of things must not be allowed to last, or we shall have to borrow Judge Lynch, with Vigilance Committees and conventions of public safety from across the Atlantic. — Yours, tSCo., COMMON SENSE. MACFARREN's NEW OPERA, on the snbjeci of " She Stoops to Conquer' is in rehearsal at Covent-gar. den Theatre. --- - A despatch from Damietta states that the Eng lish steamer Atlas from Marseilles has gono ashore at that place. EST IL POSSIPLE P—lt is reported that M. La martins is about to marry a Russian Princess of large fortune. MR. F. 000 DAL L, TH E NEW ROYA L ACADEMI crA.N,has delivered his di p l oma picture to the bod y of which he is now a full membe r . The subje ct of this work is an o ld Nubian singing a t th e corn er of a stre et in Cairo, and accompanying himself upon the native harp or lute. He is surrounded by a motl e y group of li steners, representing all the elements of a n O r i en tal street cro wd. CENTENARY OF BEETHOVEN'S BIRTI3.—The 17th of December last, the hundredth anniversary of Beethoven's birth, seems to hav e passed everywhere without any notice. We hear, however, that a committee was formed on that day in Vienna fur th e p ur pose of erecting a monument to the great master, t o b e unv eiled on his birthday is 1870. THE POET-SCULPTOR. -- Mr. Woolner s full sized model for the marble statue of the to Lo lard Macau lay, which is to be plac e d in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge, is now completed. In the studio of the same sculptor may be seen the colossal model for the bronze statue of Godley, the founder of the Canterbury settlement in New Zealand, which will be erected in the city of Can terbury. A CENTENARIAN HEROIN E.—Mrs. Catherine shepherd has just died at Hudson, New Jersey, upwards of 100 years of age- Her father was Jacob Van Winkle, a descendant of one of the original Dutch settlers there. Her husband was a soldier of the revolution. From a steeple at South Bergen she saw the British fleet take possession of New i ork, and the British army marching to Philadelphia. The British soldiers hung her father be cause he would not give thorn up his money, and after leaving him for dead she cut him down and restored him to life. She risked her life in carrying a message to the American commander at Belleville to warn him of a night attack from the British forces, by which she saved the American troops from destruction. —New York paper. THE CRAWLEY CoTIRT-MARTIAL.—We under stand that the officers and no n-commissioned officers of the Inniskilling Dragoons, who were ordered to attend at Aldershot upon the occasion of the recent court-martial, have been directed to remain in England, pending the action at the suit of Sergeat Major Wakefield in the Court of Queen's Bench,—United kservico Cirzotte. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAM.] THE AUSTRIAN AND PRUSSIAN ULTIMATUM, COPENHAGEN, JAN, 18, The Dagbladet of to-day says :—" The ultimatum of Austria and Prussia, delivered to the Minister for Foreign Affairs on Saturday, demands the retrac tation of the Constitution of the 18th November before thie day, and the temporary return to the status quo existing before its promulgation. What will happen if Denmark complies with this unjusti fiable and brutal demand, they do not state. If, on the other hand, the ultimatum should not be complied with, they threaten all the misfortunes at their command, commencing with the withdrawal of their ambassadors." Tho Dagbladet goes on to remark :—" It is self evident that no idea can be entertained of com pliance with the ultimatum. What will happen then depends upon eventualities in Europe and Germany; We may observe that in case of war the German armies will require from three to four weeks to collect the necessary strength. By that time the Danish army will be larger than ever, and the fortified works be able to hold in check an enemy nearly twice as strong." PRUSSIA. THE KING'S REPLY TO THE ADDRESS OF THE UPPER HOUSE. BERLIN, JAN. 15. The reply of the King to the Address of the Upper House may be summarised as follows : The objects of the demand of the Government were, firstly, the fulfilment of Federal obliga tions, the means for which could not be refused ; secondly, the preservation of the power and honour of Prussia against attack while such fulfilment was taking place. The declaration of the Upper House is agreeable to the king, at a time when resolutions pregnant with serious consequences are required. In view of threatening complications it is impossible to define beforehand the cause of policy ; questions of right and international relations cannot be decided by wishes and sympathies, however natural. The Government must be prepared for all eventualities in order to preserve the rights of Germany equally with the honour and power of Prussia, His Majesty thanks the Upper House for its assurance of aid, and hopes that the devotion of both houses to the requirements of the country will be powerful enough to cause them to lay aside pending differences, and unanimously grant the necessary means. Tho reply is countersigned by all the Miuistets. The debate upon the Budget will take place in the Upper House on Thursday next. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. CRACOW, JAN. 18. Advices received here state that a circular of the National Government, dated the 4th inst., announces the dismissal of Gen. Mieroslawski from his post of General Organiser of the Revolutionary Forces. He is said nevertheless to be actively engaged at Liege in services for the national cause. The insurgent leader Kruk is reported to have retreated with a few followers into Gallicia, his de tachment having been dispersed. The Bishops of Lublin, Kieltre, and Cracow have ceased church mourning. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 16.—A slight degree of buoyancy has shown itself, and a larger amount of business has been transacted than for some days past. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66fr. 65c. Kobilior have also improved to 1,028 fr. 75c, The arrival of the English funds with an advance has tended to impart firmness to this market. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents .. 94 30 Do. wad month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 6O 70 Credit Mobilier 1025 Do, end month 1028 75 Bank Shares 3300 Credit F oneier 1235 Roman Italian Loan 6B 70 Do. end month 69 New ditto — Do. end month — Russian - Austrian .. BO Spanish Threes 5O 50 Home Debt .. 49h Deferred RAIL Orleans Northern Cash. Account. 990 .. 991 25 952 50 .. New ditto „ . Lyogst and Mediterranean 925 .. 940 New ditto B9O Southern . ... 655 660 Western Eastern Sardinian .. Austrian Lorpbard North of Spain Saragossa 590 590 Ditto to Barcelona 282 50 .. 285 Ironmasters' Quarterly Meeting. DUDLEY, Saturday Evening. The meetings of the ironmasters of this district terminated for the current quarter in this town this evening. The attendance was small, very few of the principal members of the trade being present. The amount of business reported was only moderate, and was chiefly in pig iron, the prices ranging at the meetings at Wolverhampton and Birmingham —X4 10s. to £4 12s. 6d. per ton—being steadily adhered to. In manufactured iron there was little or nothing doing; all who are engaged in the trade in this locality are well supplied with orders, and are consequently careless about the acceptance of any others which may be offered. It was stated that the demand for sheet iron is increasing, and that since the meeting at Birmingham buyers have been anxious to place . orders for that description of finished iron, bat have found much difficulty in doing so where speedy delivery was made a stipu lation. The large works in this neighbourhood, and in the direction of Kingswin fur, Brettel-lane, and B rierly hill are all in full operation, the only drawback at this moment being on account of the scarcity of tabour in some departments. There is also a feeling of disquietude among a section of the men on the subject of wages. The general rise to all who are engaged in the iron and coal trades takes place on Monday next, and it is hoped that the uneasiness which has of late existed on that subject will then be removed. The coal trade is nnprecedentedly brisk ; the consumption is very large, and the demand consi derably in excess of the quantity raised. For native ironstone there is also a ready sale, and a good quan tity of ore is coming in from other districts. It was stated that there is a probability of the number of furnaces in blast being increased, but it is doubtful if this will be the case while there is such a scarcity of fuel and of labour, the influence of which must operate against any increase in the make of pig iron in this district at present. Nearly the whole of the pigs stacked some years since have been sold off. The series of meetings which concluded to-night have passed off satisfactorily, and accounts have been well paid. MISS BRADDON, the novelist, was recently mar ried to Mr. Maxwell, the publisher. MDLLE. ROSA BONHEUR is engaged on a large picture, about ten feet high, intended as a companion to "The Horse Fair." THE DUKE OF AUGUSTENBURG is described as a tall man, over six feet high, with hazel hair, blue eyes, light eyebrows, " good " complexion, man ner somewhat slow but stately, and speech sedate, with a slight peculiarity. He talked " affably," as German princes, when not opposed, generally do, and seems alto gather a well-intentioned, but somewhat slow and heavy p e rson, who will govern Holstein without many blunders, but not be a very dangerous personage in Europe. German princes seldom are, which is one reason why they get so many thrones. Bonapartes are too troublesome, the House of Sayoy too warlike, and the Bernadottes too now, 'A.YB. LITERATURE, Macaulay's History of England. People's Edition. Part 111. Longman and Co. Another instalment of this wonderfully cheap and beautifully printed edition of Macaulay's great fragment of a history, carries the narrative down far into the fifth chapter, to the 304th page of the first of the four volumes to which the edition will extend, deep into the year 1685, down to that dreadful epoch of judicial severity known as the Bloody Assizes, when the infamous Jeffries reigned supreme upon the bench as our English Rhada manthus. The more frequently our attention is recalled to an examination of " Macaulay's History of England," the more profoundly are we impressed with a sense of the great genius manfested so lumi nously throughout—the more fully do we realise the marvellous beauty of its rhetoric—the more completely are we satisfied with the justice of the conclusion at which we have long arrived, in regard to ;Macaulay as an author, that he is the most perfect writer of prose, that he is the most perfect master of style in the English lan guage. Yet all the while, too, are we more and more firmly impressed with a painful consciousness that this exquisitely accomplished rhetorician, that this author, in some respects, of incomparable elo quence, that this man of encyclopretlic knowledge, is so far to be read with jealous care in his charac ter as a historical teacher that, to pat it in the mildest form, he lacks impartiality. He is per petually agitated by passion, either in the way of stubborn prejudice or of eager predilection. Of him, too, it might be said, as Goldsmith said of a kindred genius, the genius also of a great writer, a great orator, a scholar, a statesman, and a philosopher, that— " He gave up to party what was meant for mankind." Yet,while we are under the glamour of his eloquence, how willingly, for the time, we yield ourselves up to its witcheries! How dark, on the magic mirror of his page, appear the lineaments of those he loathe ! How radiant and how godlike the aspect of such as chance to have won the splendid meed or his approbation, some of them even receiving, as for example William of Orange, the literary apotheosis of his superb and already classic eulogiams! Un convinced—we cannot but admire, and admire, too, with an unstinted admiration. Luttrell of Arran. By Charles Lever, Part II Chapman and Hall. In this instalment the dramatis persowe who are to figure hereafter in these pages are introduced. In the opening chapter the relations of the recluse's deceased wife are described with the author's cha racteristic ability. They have been summoned to pay the last rites and honours to their departed re lative, and the orgies of the wake concluded, the husband who has refused ever to see them, sends his wife's personal effects to them, that they may choose each one any token to take home as a me morial. But the poor relations are so pleased with these articles that they insist on appropriating the whole, much to the indignation of the house keeper, and hence ensues a native Irish con tention such as few but Charles Lever can describe. Vyner, who will evidently figure conspicuously in futuro events, accidentally meets his old friend before departing from Arran, and an interesting dialogue ensues. We are fur ther introduced to Spier's wife and sister-in-law, and a few other characters, among whom is an American. We think that Mr. Lever has but one type of transatlantic character for all his works, and that, the individual herein introduced, the pugnacious " Quackinboss." We trust that, in justice to the better class of Americans, he will possess some of their virtues. Several smart sketches of English country life, and of tourists generally, are given, and the tale begins to be interesting. BOOKS RECEIVED. Wildfire : A Novel. 3 vols. By Walter Thornbury. Hurst and Blackett. A Box for the Season. By Charles Clarke. 2 vols. Chapman and Hall. oan to Beersheba; or, Northern and Southern Friends. Chapman and Hall. Christmas at Old Court. By the author of "Richelieu in Love." Bentley. The Pearl of the Rhone, and Other Poems. By William Duthie. Robert Hardwieke. The Story of The Guns, By Sir James Emerson Torment. Longman and Co. Household Education. By Harriet Martineau. Smith, Elder, and Co. Historic Odes, &c. By R. W. Dixon. Smith, Elder, and Co. Horrors of the Virginian Slave Trade. A. W. Bennett. Quarterly Journal of Science. No. I. Churchill and Sons. Quarterly Review : for January, 1864. John Murray. SHAKSPERIANA. The Stratford Committee have lately received a commu nication from General Knollys expressive of his Royal Highness the Priuce of Wales's best wishes for the success of a scheme that has for its object to do due honour to our great dramatist ; and, although it is impossible for the Prince to make any engagement, at the present moment, to favour Stratford with a visit at the festival, the committee cherish the hope that Warwickshire will be gratified with his pre sence on one of the days of the festival. . _ _ THE NATIONAL SHAKSPERE COMMITTEE has been joined during the past week by the following :—The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Dublin and the Lord Provost of Edin burgh have become vice-presidents; the following gentle men having become members of the committee :—Holman Hunt, Esq„ H. Stacy Marks, Esq., Charles Salamans, Esq., Charles Lewis, Esq. THE SHAKSPERE VOCAL ALBUM.—Messrs. Lonsdale are announcing the immediate publication of the " Shak spere Vocal Album," containing selections from the best settings of Shakspere's poetry for one, two, three, and more voices, by Arne, Purcell, Leveridge, Linley, Haydn, and other composers of eminence. MR. PECHTER INTENDS TO PRODUCE " HAMLET" 613 his next great enterprise at the Lyceum Theatre. The play is to be put on the stage in a magnificent style, and Mr. Pechter has very courteously offered the first night to the Shakspere Committee. The managers of the Strand and the Surrey Theatres have also, we believe, offered to give the Monument Fund the benefit of a night at those houses. THE MONUMENT COMMITTEE..--The Archbishop of York, the Duke of Devonshire, the Earl of Clarendon, the Lord President of the Council, the Presidents of the Society of Antiquaries, the Royal Academy, the Society of British Artists, and the Architectural Museum, the Master of Trinity, Professor Westmacott, Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Academy, David Roberts, R.A., Daniel Maclise, R.A., Clarkson Stanfield, R.A., George Godwin, Esq., and Henry Ottley, Esq. DR. ANDREW REED, FOUNDER AND PROMOTER OF PHILANTHROPIC . INSTITUTIONS.—Let us name these in succession, according to the dates of their founda tion, and then proceed to give a brief sketch of the life and labours of the individual who, obscure by birth, and com paratively obscure in station, yet succeeded in calling such noble insiitutions into existence. These are the London Orphan Asylum, founded in 1812; the Infant Orphan Asylum, in 1827 ; the Asylum for Fatherless Children, in 1844 ; the Asylum for Idiots, in 1847 ; the Royal Hospital for Incurables, in 1854 ; and the Eastern Counties Idiot Asylum, in 1859, The founder was the son of an obscure watchmaker, who, coming up from Weymouth to London, established himself in a small business in Butcher-row, St. Clement Danes, where he married an orphan girl, one of whose children, born in 1787, is the subject of the present memoir. The parents of Andrew Reed were Independents. Andrew was intended to be brought up as a watchmaker, for which trade he showed no small aptitude, but he was an earnest, thoughtful youth, fond of study, and one in whom religious friends thought they recognised a capacity for higher things than mere journeywork, Of these friends the Rev. Matthew Wilks counselled the 'young watchmaker to leave his calling, and devote himself to the work of the ministry. Andrew was accordingly entered a student at Hackney College, cne of the training establishments of the Independents. M. GEROME is engaged upon a commission re ceived from the Emperor Napoleon to paint the seeno at the Imperial Court during the reception of the. Siamese Ambas sadors. Those dignitaries are seen crawling upon the ground towards the throne on which the Emperor is seated. They do this after the manner of their country, upon their hands and knees, their faces near the earth. Beside the Emperor is the Empress, and around the principal actors are grouped the dignitaries of the French empire, soldiers and civilians, and many ladies. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government emigrant ship Severn, 830 tons, Mr. Henry King, master, belonging to Mr. George Lidgett, London, which sailed from Plymouth on the 14th July last, arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, on the 11th October, having on board 47 married people, 130 single men, 97 single women, 19 boys and 21 girls between the ages of ono and 12, and 10 infants, numbering in all 324 souls, equal to 294 statute adults, under the care of Mr. Ambrose New bold, M.D„ surgeon superintendent, assisted by Miss Mary Amstrong, matron, One birth and three deaths took place on the voyage, tj - f-' , p2e1 , 7 C ' N'ktilf;t4r- ' - 4ihig`fii, • art . W irtnig ~ lIER MAJESTY• OSBORNE, Jan. 1 0 . Her Majesty, attended by Lady Churchill! t 0 Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Colonel the Hon. Sir C. P 1110 3 . 5,, and Colonel H. Ponsonby, went o ver the Goer' went prison at Parkhurst yesterday morning. _.B Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the gos' Department, also attended her Majesty. . 0 4 Colonel Henderson, Surveyor-Genera l of Pris° met her Majesty at Parkhurst. JAN. 17 ' The Queen and Princess Loviso walked and drop an P the grounds yesterda. ricec, y s Helena rode on horseback, attended 11 Lady Churchill. Dr. Jenner arrived from London. The Prince and Princess of Wal e . l o l No official balletin of the health of the ril°" , eer of W;les and the young prince was publis hed 0 terday at Marlborough House , but a Enessege,:ot received in the course of the day intimating of the progress of her Royal Highness the Pri nce lie Wales was perfectly satisfactory, and that re , infant prince was quite well . We, however' to ceived the following bulletin fro m Frogaiere late hour last night : , 1,50 1 " Her Royal Highness the Princ ess of we . '" e. to ri infant prince continue to :flake most batisfi progress. iu r del " Another bulletin will be i 3sue d on 7 0 , ell y s " ARTHUR FARO/ itin. -r " D. W. Jetstic.Elt , Ji" " Dr. Jenner, as one of the Physicians i° .e 0 r nary to the Prince of Wales, is in attend Se e 11 0 the Princess, in the absence of Dr. Sievelti'l' is prevented by temporary illness." We understand that her Royal Ilighoe°loo sufficiently recovered yesterday , the ninth dei k o pi her accouchement, to be able to leave her Co llo' sit up for a short time. l le ps s On Saturday morning his Royal High ll l Prince of Wales, attended by Capt. G. a °rei t ' tY Equerry in Waiting, drove from Frognle, r , - ;0 11 Datchet Station of the London and South V T ': e Railway, and proceeded by the 10.4 orditlePoo train far Richmond-park, when his royal h i ,g ll ,o ol ' in company with his Royal Highness the P - l i ik e Cambridge and Earl Ressell, went out 013°° Aa d after which the distinguished party preee°':thli, the Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond, vihef-noe partook of some refreshment. The r r " ro alei Wales returned to Frogmore, by the 0 00 about five o'clock in the evening. The Prince of Wales attended divines e' 4lo o rO O the Chapel Royal St. George yester da y efCe fo: t he when the form of prayer and thanksgiving ; red' safe delivery of the Princess of Wales Wil-0 tbe The same form was also read yesterday t lt - 00 0 churches in England and Wales where it ° received. rsie° The service was Cook's, in C , and the P were intoned by the Rev. Charles Pack. 111;0011' sons were read by the Rev. Mr. Fre wer, loin°r 4 ( i? 0 1 , The anthem, " 0, where is wisdom to be fo uli d fro' where is the place of understanding P" tsn fpm Job 20th and following verses (1 34 , ce .ra f 1 1; finely sung by Messrs. Dyson, Marriott, P"/Ato and Masters Frost and Smith. The S e : 1 ,1 g ef Wriothesley Russell was present as canon ';tit dente. The chapel was densely cro wded , 00 1 admirable arrangements his royal highotheBo`s,,:vet two gentlemen of his suite quitted °:it the south door before the congregation seats. Dr. Elvey presided at the organ. 011° On Monday last her Majesty planted n ° oto i/ the grounds of Frogmor e House to COO ° r og 8 ; the happy event of the • birth of the young Pi and, before leaving Windsor , her Majesty ski,/elii to her high appreciation of Dr. Browns be d t : attention, and has also beef g raciously Ple°l present to that gentleman a very valuable ,sofo/ ring set with diamonds, in acknowledgment services in connection with the event. evening. Evening Party at Orleans Orleans I[oo' see gave Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess Asoe g T a w v i o ok an e r n e h v a e m n , in o g n party at Saturday theirnight. all' Royal Highness Royal Highness the Duchess of Carabrideill;", present onthe occasion;the family were their Royal Highnesses d Ch t a h r e tre r s, rin h c is ess Orleans Nemours of an Duchessßoyal Highness thoos 09 Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prince° cl ..t 1,5 and his Royal Highness the Duke de Penthio/7.d. 00 ': The members of the diplomatic corps cotoPrisv-kee,l; cellency the Austrian Ambassador, the Countees • - it, a MaMollrngegiucgsk Mecklenburg' thneesbe:ledlo, geot-1311:eber!33-4:j ril:Ili:1 the Count Alexander lexander Appon)i ; his ExcellencY ajAeNlsolllj Minister, his Excellency the Spanish Minister - t er ' de Countess Comyn, and his Excellency the Swedish Wacht ' muster Ca t" ;noes ° i P There were also . Fiano, present—The Prince and ri- 0, ,;,,,O Du° v Prince Michael Gortechakoff, the 4 , 0 Po/ Albans, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, ', 00 0 0 ', , , Rus Villiers and Miss Lister, Earl Granville, Earle' „ibsoel Russell Lady Georgians. Russell and Viscou Ai tit i 0 00 the .Earl of Coventry, thc. Earl of Tyrone, tile,..ooCts/ j and Countess of Fife and Lady A. l rte Duff, the 001111w-0,06 it the Ladies Craven, Mr. Chichester , V ar !„ 60 (11 ,1 Hon. Miss France Countess Waldegrave, Vit;count ClielPjortsPo. ; and Cadogan, Viscount Sudlay, Viscount 0 sd o id Lord . Hon. Misses d se Lady Norreys, Lord and L,ady Carl Dit' o df s Stonor, Lord and Lady skoraersds ~ „a Y. d i Lady Georgiana Bertie and Misses Bertie V r A ci olla,, i :o0 Cholmsford and the Hon. MissesThesigerl 1 4° ' - ii ipi , v " tli 6 Gilbert_ illan Kennedy, Count Maffei, Count' Zi' V r, Ft` V mar - eale, Count do Bouillet, Baron. do 13ac'yscli left toria q .B uis Fortunato, Hon. and Rev. F. l3 Y l l t f ci t iSt°° °f Hon. Mr. Cadogan, Hon. Idr..**A-ite't for& 00 Hon. Lewis ng' Henry Wingfield, Sir Erskine and l'a"ki,°rigl3t")ti# C n hevalie C r otterell, Mr. and Lady Nlary Alio. old rt , da Santos, Colonel Liddell and to o $. 1) , 1 0 Liddell, mond Colonel and Mrs. Home-Psirves, CI ati oell- Or' Mu , Captain Dalzell, Dr. and Madsili-npiortongeoljer Mr. and Mrs. Liddell, Miss Til,iff% J01331,1'000 and ss lNT ir rs. Hervey, Miss Massey, Mr. ancll'i;grs. m / ,0 0 ' Mr. and Mrs. Wodehouse Currie, Mr. no. and c 0 J. To me Bernard, M. and Madame Langb 0000,4 da SabouwnleY and Misses Townley, Mr. O. 11:Apert ' roff, Mr. Victor Van d Wey er ' Mr, Weyer, Mr. J • e IP' ervoiseS±nithiersonf l ad , pto ~,, Her Majestywill return to Windsor Op obo ut 0 ;A next. The Queen will remain at the Casa° he/Sill i 0 days, and will afterwards go to Osborne, wberO r x eOV a do will reside until the 11th proximo, an 40 ° Windsor for A the season.—Court Journal. tot e 0 - Her 1 • ajesty will probab l y fort he fil 0 tor and vi i Windsor Castle her principal residence; P t there for several months in the year , of t bt' oi Pi The bronze works for the decorations; o ot o ti, Prince Consort's tomb at Frogmore are heil3gnesooc,;lte I°l the famous French firm of Barb d'enne. Da re-- tit t° r it is said, has received a e I Ow a tO ° commission to e° 00 % %le the Of the Queen •in bronze, to -beplaces there 10 10 the Prince Consort. .0 so vt Some - • cariosity exists as to the na— . 11 be the young Prince, some asserting that it Ifl e i l at 0 .00 0 Albert Edward of Wales, whilst others think st ' ouorYole receive some such designation as Duke a & lil t b ig ill j iye r ! of Gloucester. No doubt, however, exists t 1ia 0 . 3 , 3 a Of Royal Highness will, like his father, he Il i , 1,60,4aj t/11) Edward ; but it is perhaps not so uttivetSalYil ascsaiS‘ the name by which the Prince of Wales ° 71 `.0 Vs tv , throxe—(may the day be far distant 1 )--"Ii.1 ~ j3 O ~e ) l 4 +l Edward the Seventh. It is said that this l'on av . A l 'llo wish of the late Prince Consort, who thougilt b'.. . 3 . 1. . r 0 6 a ll would hardly sound congenial to the Englit ena-i;eo' ( however, grown congenial enough sinco his ''',, e in.inn a l. 8 °' the respect we pay to the memory of the good - be o' ~fi, The forthcoming season promises ttlod o te di , unusual brilliancy. We are inforraed, lIP °I3 g (l froei tDj ,/,,i that her Majesty intends gradually to merg° - to ~$- elusion observed during the last two years, all otie:4,,c", among her subjects, although the more artionasio prP' ll oi still have to be performed by her Roy al flighliC69o,te It:4;i0lt of Wales. Should peace be preserved in ""f pest . 03 ) Europe there can bo no doubt of the in c',riegf oi, paying; her daughter a lengthened visit in the 7 0 stO a „,t o to retntn; eestsy the Princess, it is said, is very likely the autumn, the people at Copenhagen hei lig ~ 0 i 3e° her happy accouchement, and most desitoilo , 0' and her Royal husband amongst them. $ V SP t fet THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS or 01 Ttleo•ilio were present on Sunday night at the Italie,ll t o ie 0/4 Paris, to witness the reappearance of Mdtle. i x tit ' l t i x e 0 0 (1 " Sonnambula." The theatre was erowdetl v‘ v, ' op ero t o l d fashion, jewels, and beauty of Paris. 1:11e „ t oo t il , Empress arrived tor the first act, and did 11°t.'0,t ner ° , l 1 ,0 3 ' had assisted in the applause bestowed on r3ttl 10 so ip• recall before the finale. The Empress looked 11,tes#04 well, but the Emperor, who evidently took ia_94. AiP terest in the opera, arpeared very halo and I I ti l i t the audience was Auto, Meyerbeer, and Me° %N.. It 1 13 1 If da y, E dEttior Th ( Poona Prine